Various Artists: Disque La Raye: 60's French West-indies Boo / Var - VINYL LP

Various Artists: Disque La Raye: 60's French West-indies Boo / Var - VINYL LPTitle: Disque La Raye: 60's French West indies Boo Var Artist: Various Artists Label: Bang Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 3521381543124 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2017 07 28 Number of Discs: 1 LP version. Printed inner sleeve. In 1966, a new pulse spread like wildfire on the sidewalks of Spanish Harlem and local radio waves. Like no music genre ever before, boogaloo brought together African Americans and Latinos. As the ultimate musical syncretism

Title: Disque La Raye: 60's French West-indies Boo / Var
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Bang Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 3521381543124
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2017-07-28
Number of Discs: 1

LP version. Printed inner sleeve. In 1966, a new pulse spread like wildfire on the sidewalks of Spanish Harlem and local radio waves. Like no music genre ever before, boogaloo brought together African Americans and Latinos. As the ultimate musical syncretism of popular genres in the Barrio, boogaloo is often described as "the first Nuyorican music". A revolutionary hurricane was then blowing on Amerika: in the trail of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords Organization, minorities were gathering in the streets to reclaim their rights from the establishment. Boogaloo was the soundtrack of a social revolution overtaking the country, before it got overshadowed by salsa. Boogaloo's energy seduced young people from different backgrounds, well beyond the borders of the USA, and especially in the Caribbean cradle land. From Fort-de-France to Pointe-à-Pitre, old biguines and mazurkas from West Indian orchestras strong of a bloodline of virtuosos, from father-to-son, became outdated by those modern beats. On Fred Aucagos's "Ti Man'zelle", there's a subtle mix of imports from the mainland, the USA, and the neighboring islands. Musicians dabbled with boogaloo, coming up with rather unorthodox interpretations. This is precisely what gives this compilation it's singularity. It incorporates influences from the African continent thanks to the Rico Jazz (an adaptation of "Si Tu Bois Beaucoup" of the Congolese rumba orchestra O.K. Jazz). It rubs elbows with the "Jerk Vidé" of a David Martial before he turned in a doudouiste cliché. With the cheeky humor of the Guyanese Dany Play ("Mais Tu Sais"), the perkiness of Joby Valente ("Disk La Rayé" with Camille Soprann on sax), the listener (re)discovers classics published on two historic Guadeloupean labels: Aux Ondes of producer Raymond Célini, and Disque Debs, whose boss Henri Debs can be heard on "Ou Pas Z'ami en Moins". "Ou Qué Di Moin" from Monsieur X is a Creole funk pamphlet, neither Latin, nor festive, and not strictly boogaloo for that matter. The Nuyorican rhythm is a tiny fraction of what the West Indies orchestras were playing, as they often incorporated biguine and Haitian kopi elements. Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Guillot, Julien Achard spent over three years compiling this best of the Creole boogaloo. Also features: Maurice Alcindor, Gabby Siarras, Les Bois Sirop, Le Ry-Co Jazz, and Les Vickings. LP version comes with a printed inner sleeve with liner notes in English and French.

Tracks:
1.1 Maurice Alcindor - Sékirité
1.2 Gaby Siarras - Sauvagement Sexy
1.3 Les Bois Sirop - Je Voudrais Danser Avec Toi
1.4 Dany Play - Mais Tu Sais
1.5 David Martial - Jerk Vidé
1.6 Le Ry-Co Jazz - Pipi Poh
1.7 Le Ry-Co Jazz - Tu Bois Beaucoup
1.8 Joby Valente - Disque la Rayé
1.9 Fred Aucagos - Ti Man'zelle
1.10 Dany Play - Pourquoi Pas
1.11 Les Vikings - Puchi's Boogaloo
1.12 Monsieur X - Ou Qué Di Moin
1.13 Henri Debs - Ou Pas Z'amis en Moin